reticent /ˈredəsənt/ I. adjective not revealing one's thoughts or feelings readily • she was extremely reticent about her personal affairs. II. derivatives 1. reticence /ˈredəsəns / noun 2. reticently /ˈredəs(ə)n(t)lē / adverb – origin mid 19th cent.: from Latin reticent- ‘remaining silent,’ from the verb reticere, from re- (expressing intensive force) + tacere ‘be silent.’
